The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-07-01
SUMMARY or THE NEWS.


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There was another sharp decline in coffee
10 the New York market.
Fire destroyed three stx.story buildings in
New York on Thursday, causlng . Ices Of
about $4,000.
A. Paraut, cashier Of the Kerohelaga bank,
of Montreal, was arrested at Buffalo for the
Of 81, o00, most Of which has
been recovered.
Solemn requiem mass Was celebrated In the
Church Of Holy ~Innocents at New York Tues.
day mornipR, for repose OF. the souls Of 10000
Irish who died of starvation during the reign
Of 9 leen victoris.
By the cavtng In Ut . high bank at tho lake
front Erie, Pa, Monday, John Elsie and Jscoh
Fehrenbach were buried and killed. Join
Laugh!in was ecriously injured aud was not
dug out for t~hr.e.quarters of an hour.
Matthew Gurnee, 90 years old, wealthy and
unmarried, who was bitten by q dog . month
ago at Haverstraw, N. j., was seized with
symptoms Of hydrophobia Monday last aud
died Thursday morning after . night Of great
agony.
Three hundred persons attended the ban.
quet Of the army Of the Potomac ut Saratoga
Thursday evening. Toasts were responded to
by Gen. John G. Black, Col. Calvin E. Pratt,
Gen. Henry W. slocum, Gen. W. T. sher.
man, Gen. Whipple, Gen. D. D. sickles,
Corporal j. Tanner, G. M. Depew and others.
A committee was appointed to make arrange.
ments for q meeting at Gettysburg July 8,
and to invite the Army of Northern Virginia.
Moses J. speight, aged fifteen, an inmate of
the house Of refuge on Blackwell island,
struck his keeper, VIM. Cole, on the head
with u heavy stick Wednesday night, from
the effects Of which Cole died Thursday morn.
Ing. When the boys discovered the keeper
was seriously injured their courage failed
them aud they forgot about escaping and
cried for aid. They were soon locked up and
confessed their plans.
In April, 1885, Bryant B. Crandall dtsap.
peared at Niagara Falls leaving q note saying
that he committed suicide. A body was sub.
sequently found in the river aud identified az
his. Crandall was heavily insured In Ave OF.
eanizatlons, all Of which paid the claims cx
cept one. Last March . citizen of Buffalo,
travelling in California, saw Crandall. An
investigation was started, resulting in his
arrest and complete naturalization at Salem,
Ore, on the 18th.
A new feature Of the strike In the coke
regions is the the action OF owners of blast
furnaces. They sent a committee to the mem,
bers OF the late syndicate and informed then
they would positively refuse to pay any mort
than $3.50 per ton for coke, and that they
would keep their furnaces banked. This
places the coke operators between two fires
They say It will be impossible for them to pay
the advance In wages and then reduce the
price of coke.
Ajubilee celebration under the auspices OF
the Clan Ma Gael was held at Cooper union,
New York, Tuesday night. The reading desk
was covered with black velvet and the stage
was draped in mourning. Statistics showing
the deaths Of Iriehmen In exile, in dungeons,
OF the ecaffold, and of famine and other VIC
Tins during Queen victoria's reign, were
prominently displayed, and on the black Dor
dered badges of the ushers were the words;
''Fitty years Of misery Tor Ireland" The at.
tendance was large.
The north-bound congregational express and
south-bound express Of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore, collided nea,
Havre de Grace this afternoon. Alcxande,
Gantron Of Washington was instantly killed
eight persons badly injured and q score o.
others shaken up severely. The congreesiona
express was behind time and running vcry
fast. On passing the signal tower the engin
eer sighted the other train, but says his ali
brakes would not work. 1t is not though
any Of the injured will die.
The McGlynn parade and mass meeting II
New York. the purpose Of which was to pro
teet against the action Of Archbishop Corri
gan and the ecclesiastical authorities Of Rom
against DR.. McGlynn, took place saturda,
night. 1t had lcen given out that at leas
100000 men would be in line, but not owe
5000 pcrsons appeared in the parade, An,
about $4,000 persons listened to speeches II
Union square. The Central Labor union an,
Antt-Povcrty society formed the largest req
rcscntatlon. A number of speeches wer,
made and resolutions adopted fayoring Nc
Glynn's case.
In the suit Of Cornelius vandcrbilt agains
the trustees of the Pittsburg and Lake Fri,
railroad, to break the deed and enjoin defend
ants from interfering with Vanderbilt in til,
voting Of his stock, Judge Stowe, of the com
mon pleas court, overruled the demurrer aftel
plaintiffs had stricken from their bill til,
prayer for declaring null and void the truss
deed. This leaves tue suit az asking for q,
injunction to restrain the trustees from in
rcrfering with the voting of the VANDERBILT,
stock. The court required the defendant.
and trustees to answer the bill in thirty days
The case involves nearly &c. 600 and til.
control Of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie rosi
and its branches.
During the evening performance Of . cir
Gus at New Lisbon, Ohio, Saturday night ,
panic which nearly resulted in much loss Of
life occurred. A baby elephant which wa,
performing became unruly and attacked on.
Of the clowns, injuring him seriously. TIL.
trainer. who wss coming into the ring Will
another elephant, hastcned to the clowns as
sistance, when the larger animal also started
ON the rampage, causing q terrible stampede
The confusion for a time was terrible, men
women aud children yelling and crowding fol
the entrance. Quiet was finally restored
when It was found that one young lady's les
had hcen broken and several m ani
children badly bruised. One of the lad,